Word: sirota
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...Playing in non-traditional venues] has got some obvious disadvantages,” says Jonah B. Sirota, the group’s violist. “Acoustically it’s not as good, people aren’t paying as much attention. The advantages for us are really that we’re potentially reaching a different audience... it’s more relaxed, people don’t feel like they have to dress up or fit into any sort of socioeconomic bracket...
...Chiara (clear, pure, or light in Italian) Quartet is composed of Sirota, Beaver, Fischer, and Julie Yoon on second violin. Rising stars in the world of chamber music, the group’s performances have been described as “truly breathtaking” by the Washington Post and “superb” by the New York Times...
...flexible. Some investment bankers are switching into financial planning or selling insurance. "When those looking for high-end jobs are struggling, they become amazingly tolerant," says Douglas Klein, president of Sirota Survey Intelligence, a New York City--based research firm. "They'll take work for which they're underpaid and overqualified." For some, that flexibility means a willingness to accept a transitional position below the salary they're accustomed to--what's often called a survival or fallback job. Legendary investor Warren Buffett has said he would never take a job he wouldn't want to keep. And he stayed...
When the ax isn't enough, out comes the scalpel. Having laid off tens of thousands of workers, corporations and small businesses are looking for new fat to trim. In September, 2,269 companies had mass layoffs, according to Sirota Survey Intelligence, each affecting 50 or more employees. But many companies are still bleeding cash and desperately searching for novel ways to eke out savings...
Trust is terrific, but for the Sirota group, enthusiasm is the must-have for success. The Purchase, N.Y., consultancy calls it the foundation of company morale, talent retention, productivity, customer satisfaction and even higher stock prices. The consultants pitch themselves as enthusiasm builders, using methods like creating a "partnership culture" of shared business goals and joint decision making, and job-security policies like making layoffs the last choice, not the first...